I created this Forum with the idea of creating a place to share questions and answers with other mineral enthusiasts and, most importantly, to try to provide a serious space where mineralogy questions can be discussed free of bothersome errors, free due the high standards of the administrators and moderators. We owe much of the success of this Forum to their fine texts; with them helping us, our Forum looks "clean" at least in terms of its scientific content.

During my mineralogical journeys I frequently receive mail asking many different questions. When I answered just the person who sent the message, I always had the feeling of something being lost. By publishing all these questions and answers on the Forum, others can share our thoughts about minerals and mineralogy. That's why I created this Forum.
Jordi Fabre

FMF English Forum moderated by John S. White and Peter Megaw

I have been serving as a moderator for the English version of FMF Forum now since 2007.
This does not seem possible, but one cannot deny the facts. It has been a lot of fun for me and I hope
that visitors to the Forum are enjoying it as well.

We are now (Dec. 2009) adding a new face as an additional
moderator - Peter Megaw. Actually Peter is not new to regular visitors to the Forum as he has been one
of the most prolific contributors to many of the threads. He brings awesome credentials to this role,
all of which I do not have space to detail here. He is a Consulting Geologist and co-founder of IMDEX/Cascabel and MAG Silver. He got his B.A. and M.A. in geology at the University of Texas and a Ph.D. in economic
geology from the University of Arizona. He has explored Mexico for 30 years and has made important ore
discoveries at Juanicipio-Fresnillo, Zacatecas; Platosa, Durango; and Cinco de Mayo, Chihuahua.

Peter
has been a dedicated mineral collector since 1977. Living in Tucson, Arizona, he has served as exhibits
chairman for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show™ every year since 1984. His minerals have won many
trophies for him in various competitive displays. He was recently named a consulting editor for Rocks & Minerals Magazine. There
is much more that can be written about Peter but space here is somewhat limited.

Featured Columns of FMFThis Forum functions a little like a library, each featured topic will be numbered and will maintain the order even if new posts arrive.The FMF users cannot create new threads here but, yes, they can publish posts in the already created threads. Only the Forum administrators can create new threads in this section.To know more about how this works, please use this link Moderator Jordi Fabre

Favorite MineralsIn this forum you can add your favorite localities and minerals. When a mineral comes from many hundreds, or thousands, of places it's worth comparing favorites to identify the most desired ones.This section is special because all the photos published here also appear in "FMF Gallery". To find out more please use this link Moderator Tobi

Improving the FMF Data Base of localitiesFMF has a database of mineral localities that is used when adding photos of specimens. This has been created so that we can check the localities are consistent, and debate and discuss them. Please use this to add suggestions for new localities not created yet or debate the existing.

Rockhounding tripsIn this forum you are able to post reports of trips to your favorite mines and famous or unknown mineral localities, as well as request from other FMFers information you need to plan your collecting / rockhounding trips.

A mineralogical trip through GermanyThis section of the forum is special in that it is dedicated to images of minerals from the different lands of Germany. So, although you can add as many pictures as you like in each of the existing threads, you can't create any new threads within it.To see the posts within this Forum please click on the name of the section "A Mineralogical trip through Germany" or on this linkTo know more about the reasons for this particular Forum, please use this link Moderator Tobi

Mineral Art and ArtistsThis forum is dedicated to the discussion and display of Mineral Art, Mineral Artists, techniques, materials, and exhibits. All media are covered, although Mineral Photography is best discussed in its own forum. Moderators chris, Gail, crocoite

FMF Guide of RocksThis Forum aims to collect photographs of rocks from all around the world and as much information as possible about the rocks: age, origin, description, composition... Rocks are closely related to minerals, as rocks are composed of minerals and minerals are found growing on their surfaces and in their cavities. We intend to create a collective work where everybody can contribute and where expert opinions of geologists and petrologists are widely shared. Moderators chris, prcantos

Reporting thefts and disappearancesOn this forum you can add report on the theft of specimens; tell people about other losses and/or advise people of things they should be wary of; or report any other incidents.. including ones during collecting trips or other mineral related activities.

The Ten Thousand ClubThis Section displays, in one location, all those subjects that, while they are no longer on the main page, have been read more than 10,000 times and are from the sections: "Minerals and Mineralogy" "What is it? - Where is it from?" "Micros & Macros" and "Mines and Mineral Localities".The other Sections of FMF will not move their topics to here because we prefer to keep their topics grouped. Moderators chris, Antonio Alcaide

A kind of special space for mineralogical magazines to allow publishers and readers to keep in touch.What is it about them that makes it a pleasure to receive them, which old ones you miss, the new issues, the new books they publish...

Sadly I could not make Tucson this year. I have read your reports (thank you very much) and also some of the other ones on the web and it seems to me that the Tucson world is made up of two very different groups:
- those selling and buying very expensive material at questionable prices
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We have created a section on the forum: "Collection photos and Collector's page" whose aim is to allow all collectors who wish to publish pictures of specimens in their collection. The idea is for each collector/collection to have a single ...

One thing that troubles me greatly about the mineral hobby today is that very few collectors appear to have much, if any, intellectual curiosity about minerals. The focus for most collectors appears to be only beauty and perfection, rather than rari...

The FMF Forum has an anti-spam system that means that you cannot add links to messages. To give you an idea, each day we get about 20 attempts to post ‘rubbish publicity’ on themes that have nothing to do with minerals. So this system keeps the forum...